André Messager - Symphony in A Major (1876)

André Messager

(1853 – 1929 / 철종 4년-일제 19년, 76세) was a French composer, organist, pianist, conductor and

administrator. His stage compositions included ballets and 30 opéra comiques and operettas, among which Véronique had lasting success, with Les p'tites Michu and Monsieur Beaucaire also enjoying international success. (프랑스 작곡가,오르간, 파아니스트, 지휘자 겸 행정가. 발레음악 포함 코믹 오페라 및 오페레타 30곡. 이 중 Véronique 는  , 국제적인 성공을 거둔  Les p'tites Michu and Monsieur Beaucaire 와 함께 지속적인 성공을 거두었다.)

오페레타로 프랑스와 영국에서 인기를 끌었다. 메사제는 오페레타 〈라 베아르네즈 La Béarnaise〉(1885 파리, 1886 런던)로 명성을 얻었으며 1890~1926년 〈국화부인 Madame Chrysan-thème〉(1893, 줄거리가 푸치니의 〈나비부인〉과 비슷함)·〈Mirette〉(1894)·〈보케르 아저씨 Monsieur Beaucaire〉(1919)를 포함한 14개의 오페레타를 작곡했다.

3편의 발레 음악 가운데 특히 〈2마리의 비둘기 Les Deux Pigeons〉(1886)가 유명하다. 파리 시민의 특성을 살려 가볍고 우아한 양식으로 작곡했다. 1898년 파리 오페라코미크 극장의 감독이 되었고 그다음에는 로열 오페라, 코벤트 가든(1901~06)의 예술감독을 역임했으며, 후에 파리 오페라단의 부지휘자로 활약했다. 1902년 드뷔시의 〈펠레아스와 멜리장드 Pelléas et Mélisande〉를 초연하기도 했다. 아일랜드의 작곡가 호프 템플(도티 데이비스：1859~1938)이 그의 부인이었다.

 

 

Symphony in A Major (1876)

Illustrations: images from the Exposition Universelle in Paris, 1900.

 

Movements: Allegro con moto - Andante tranquillo, quasi marcia religiosa (8'19") - Presto (15'40"),

Allegro vivace (24'42").

Played by the Orchestre Symphonique du Mans conducted by José André Gendille
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Despite financial obstacles, Messager pursued studies in piano and composition, with teachers including Camille Saint-Saëns and Gabriel Fauré. He became a major figure in the musical life of London as well as Paris, both as a conductor and a composer. Most of his Parisian works were produced in London, where several of them had long runs and numerous revivals, and he wrote two operatic works in English. He was the only French composer to write an original Savoy opera. Towards the end of his career, he composed musical comedies for Sacha Guitry and Yvonne Printemps.

 

As a conductor, Messager held prominent positions in Paris and London, at the head of the Opéra-Comique, the Paris Opéra, the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, and of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Although as a composer he is known chiefly for his light works, as a conductor he presented a wide range of operas, from Mozart to Richard Strauss, and he acquired a reputation as a conductor of Wagner. In Paris he conducted the world premieres of Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande, Massenet's Grisélidis and Charpentier's Louise. At Covent Garden, he gave the British premieres of operas by Saint-Saëns and Massenet.< 더 많은 내용을 보시려면  ' Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia' 를 참조하세요^^>

 

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